The Toronto Maple Leafs have dropped two straight games where they have given up three goals or more over their last five as they struggle to put together a consistent effort for 60 minutes.
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/maple-leafs-struggle-provide-60-minute-effort-loss-bruins/
Just days after being a veritable quote machine in his first public appearance since signing his new contract, William Nylander was back to talking like William Nylander.
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/nylander-return-allows-maple-leafs-search-best-blueprint/
The result of the Leafs being sloppy and Detroit finding the net more than usual was a wildly entertaining hockey game, more what you usually see in October before teams start battening down the ...
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/star-studded-maple-leafs-cant-afford-punish/
With KeyBank Centre almost equally divided between Leafs and Sabres supporters, or even slightly weighted towards the visiting team, the game delivered much of the speed and skill many had been l...
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/maple-leafs-matthews-rise-occasion-sabres-eichel/
William Nylander returned ready for the spotlight. Relaxed and anything but intimidated by the mass of media assembled to hear his thoughts on getting his contract completed barely before Saturda...
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/maple-leafs-william-nylander-accepts-spotlight-pressure/
The Toronto Maple Leafs rejoiced in learning William Nylander was on his way back to North America by beating the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night.
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/maple-leafs-celebrate-nylander-signing-win-wild/
With this soap opera over, both the Maple Leafs and William Nylander narrowly avoided a lose-lose scenario. And they did it with eight whole minutes to spare.
We’ll all know Saturday afternoon which of the three William Nylander options ends up being the deadline decision. But truthfully, the Maple Leafs can’t afford to continue this season without...
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/contending-leafs-cant-afford-let-william-nylander-sit-season/
After being so loyal to Mike Richards, will L.A. show the same degree of loyalty to Drew Doughty, who is still playing at a high level? If they want to be cold-blooded and start rebuilding their ...
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/nhls-age-heartlessness-soon-test-doughty-kings/
Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson have been selling The Match hard since August, but frankly, it likely won’t be the ‘spectacle’ it’s being promoted as, or particularly entertaining.
https://www.sportsnet.ca/golf/tiger-woods-vs-phil-mickelson-match-still-proving-tough-sell/
For 46 minutes on the Saturday night, the Winnipeg Jets were putting the final touches on a pretty good early-season story of resilience. Then it all came apart as the club allowed a late comebac...
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/jets-resilient-effort-spoiled-inability-hold-lead-leafs/
The days of the big, plodding blue-liner are over in the NHL. Now it’s about speed, quickness and skill on the back end, and Winnipeg Jets defenceman Josh Morrissey is at the forefront of that ...
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/jets-josh-morrissey-cutting-edge-change-nhl/
They were the two best teams in the west last year during the regular season. And right now, Nashville looks like it has its act together more than Winnipeg.
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/predators-act-together-jets-early-season/
Ilya Kovalchuk is gassed. He leans forward, soaked in sweat and still breathing hard, wearily but willingly trying to answer questions about his comeback to the NHL.
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/kings-ilya-kovalchuk-already-back-nhl-spotlight/
The Winnipeg Jets are primed for a Stanley Cup, clearly one of the NHL’s best teams with arguably the most impressive collection of quality big men in the sport. The challenge is not thinking t...
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/jets-challenged-focus-present-not-playoff-aspirations/
Seven years after hockey in Winnipeg was reborn with the Jets 2.0, there’s a thirst for a championship here.
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/jets-poised-big-season-8th-year-back-winnipeg/
After blowing a third period lead in their home opener against Chicago, this time, the Ottawa Senators hung on for the win, defending stubbornly and efficiently in the final three minutes in part...
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/hope-beams-bright-senators-promising-start/
There’s going to be a lot of introspection by the big thinkers of American golf after this one. Time after time since Tom Watson led them to victory at The Belfry in ‘93, the Americans have g...
https://www.sportsnet.ca/golf/despite-bigger-reputations-team-usa-still-no-match-europe-ryder-cup/
Regardless of what the future of Davis Cup holds, it appears certain Canada will play a prominent part in it.
https://www.sportsnet.ca/tennis/canada-set-big-player-future-davis-cup-stage/
For a country that hasn’t exactly been a tennis power over the past century, Canada has its fair share of happy Davis Cup memories. To some degree, that all comes to an end this weekend in the ...
https://www.sportsnet.ca/tennis/canadas-davis-cup-prospects-never-better-controversial-changes-loom/